Improvement in card and ticket printing presses



, w G. E. PEEK. v Card and Ticket Printing-Presses. No. 143,780.

Patented Oct. 21,1873- Z-Sheet S ShetZ G. E. PEEK,

Card and Ticket Printing-Presses.

Patented Oqt. 21 1873.,-

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AM PHOTO-LITHM/MPH/C (Ml (mm/rs man's her UNITED, S A ES GEORGE E.-PEGK, OF. DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARD AND TICKET PRINTING PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1413,1780, datedOctober 21, 1873; application Iied April 21, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. 191301;, of Du Quoin, in the county ofPerry and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Fig.4 is apartial. rear elevation.

These improvements relate to the general structure and arrangement of aprinting-press adapted particularly to the printing of cards, tags,envelopes, &c.

That others may fully understand my improvements, I will particularlydescribe them.

My press has a strong and solid metallic frame, A, with a stationaryplaten, I3, and a moving bed, 0, upon which the form is placed andlocked fast. The bed C moves up and down between guides D, and isactuated by a pitman, E, worked by a crank, F, the connection betweensaid pitman and bed being by means of a tumbling-box, G. Theinking-table I is attached to the bed 0, and moves up and downtherewith, and the ink-rollers one or more, are mounted in areciprocating frame, J, which moves in guides attached to the saidinking-table. The proper reciprocation of said roller-frame is producedby a compound lever, K L, the part K having its fulcrum stationary atthe bottom of the frame A, and its upper end jointed to thereciprocating frame J, while the part L is jointed to the ink-table,near its junction with the moving bed 0, and its lower end is jointed tothe lever K, so that as the bed 0 sinks the lever K is moved outward andcarries the frame J and roller with'it, and when the bed rises thereverse motion of said lever and frame is produced. The adjustment issuch erse the form twice for each impression. The inking-table is madeadjustable by means of screws and slots 8, so that it can be broughtaccurately correct in respect to the level of the form. The jointbetween the parts K and L is made adjustable along the part K, and thedistance traveled by the rollers may thereby be varied, as may bedesirable. The position vertically of the bed C may be adjusted by meansof set-nuts e g, whereby the pitman E is lengthened or shortened; andfor the purpose of imparting a certain elasticity to the pressure intaking the impression, as well as to permit the type to dwell in theimpression, an elastic washer, h, is placed between the nut g and thetumbling-box G. This washer may be of elastic gum," or it may be ametallic spring; and its tension may be increased or diminished byturning the nut 9 forward or backward. This press is intended to feeditself automatically, the holder being charged with cards, Thecard-holder is a frame, M, the sides m of which are adjustable toward orfrom each other, so as to be adapted to cards, &c., of any length. Thetop of the holder, upon which the cards rest, consists of a slat, a,connectedto each of the side pieces at at the ends only by means ofstirrup pieces 0, so that there is a longitudinalspace between said slatand the side piece m, within which the feeders P move back or forth. Apressure-board, Q, actuated by a spring, It, or an equivalent weight,rests upon the bottom of the pile of cards, and feeds them constantlyupward as the one at the top is moved over the platen. The feeder Pconsists of a long finger with a shoulder, 19, adjustable as to depth bya guard-plate, q, which may be raised as desired by a spring, a". Thefeeders P are mounted upon sleeves s, which fit and slide upon a rod,It, so that they may be moved toward or from each other as thecard-holder sides on are'adjusted. Coiled springs t are always undertension to throw downward inner ends of the feeders, and keep themconstantly in contact with the top of the pile of cards. The rod It isitself mounted upon a sleeve, I, at or near each end, and said sleevesfit and slide upon guiderod U; and said rod R is actuated by a slottedlever, V, which receives motion from the crank F or pitman E.

The operation. of said lever V is to cause the rod 1% to slide back andforth, and reciprocate the feeder I at each forward movement of saidfeeders. The shoulders I? engage with the edge of the uppermost card ofthe pile, and convey it forward over the platen, Where it is receivedand held by spring-clips W, by which it is held while the impression isbeing made.

and elastic washer h, constructed and combined substantially as setforth. I

2. The combination of a moving bed (3 with an adjustable ink-table,attached to and moving therewith, and the lever K, jointed at one end toa stationary part of the frame, and at the other linked to theink-roller, with the connection-rod L jointed to said moving bed andlever K, as and for the purpose set forth. 3. The card-holder M,constructed with plates m made laterally adjustable, the pressureboardQ, and the compressing-spring R, substantially as set forth. y

In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand. GEO. E. PEOK. In presence of-G. I). PUen, DAVID KAvNAten,

